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Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

MEMOIRS OF WAUKESHA COUNTY 329
and the fortune of his later years was won by his own hard and un¬ remitting labor.
TOWN OF PEWAUKEE. '
Pewaukee, originally a part of the town of Lisbon, was erected into a separate town with its present boundaries, March 9, 1839 and is described as town 7, north, by range 19, east. It took its name from the lake, the derivation of the name of which is given in another chapter, in connection with other place-names having an original in the Indian languages.
The underlying rock formation and glacial drift surface is the same as that of the adjoining towns, already given. The local slope is diversified, the highest land being somewhat southwest of the center from which it is drained in several directions, toward Pewaukee lake and the Fox river and its small tributaries. The Fox river passes in a southwesterly direction through the town, its principal branch being the outlet of Pewaukee lake, which is fairly entitled to rank as the true source of the Illinois river. Only about half of Pewaukee lake is in the town, the western part being in the town of Delafield. The latest geological examinations of this lake give to it a different origin from most of the lakes in the county. Pewaukee lake is believed to be a part of the bed of an old river, which became obstructed by glacial debris at the southwestern end of the present lake, the glacial action piling the drift at that end of the lake so that the local slope is re¬ versed, the higher banks of the lake being at the southwestern end. The general direction of the lake is in the line of the glacier movement, which is not true of the lakes having the "kettle" formation. The eastern part of the lake is shallower, the action more sluggish and consequently more marshy growths about its shores.
Next to Waukesha, Pewaukee attracted the earHest settlers. This was to be expected for two reasons; it was nearer to the base of sup¬ plies,—Milwaukee,—and at a time when provisions were frequently carried fifteen and twenty miles on the backs of the hardy frontiers¬ men, this was a large consideration; it was also on the line where the heavy forests of the eastern part of the county broke into oak open¬ ings and prairies, and these parts, where the necessary fuel and logs for building were near by and yet the land could more easily be brought under cultivation, were eagerly sought by the first comers. Its later development was augmented by the passing of the first and second railways through its territory, an advantage shared only by the town of Brookfield. The first road was the Milwaukee & Missis¬ sippi, which was completed to Waukesha in 1851, and the second was the Milwaukee & Watertown which reached Watertown in 1856.
The first settlement m.ade in the town was on section 34, adjoining Prairie village, by Isaac B. Judson his family and brother-in-law, Elon Fuller. They came in August, 1835, and lived in a tent until they could build a log house. In 1836, Zebulon Bidwell and his family set¬ tled on the same section. Israel W. Porter came about the same time and built a flour-mHl, and the following year (1837) a saw-miH. These settlers were all in the southeastern part of the town, and several min-^

Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

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Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

Short title

Memoirs of Waukesha County

Author

Haight, Theron Wilber

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This 1907 work on Waukesha County, Wisconsin, provides a history of the county, the Indians of the area, its early settlement, the Underground Railroad in Waukesha County, Waukesha County residents in the Civil War, politics and government, businesses and industries, the medical and legal professions, summer resorts, schools, public institutions, banks and banking, and newspapers, as well as histories of the cities and towns of Waukesha, Oconomowoc, Brookfield, Delafield, Eagle, Genessee, Lisbon, Menomonee, Merton, Mukwanago, Muskego, New Berlin, Ottawa, Pewaukee, Summit, and Vernon. Biographical sketches of residents of the county are also included.

Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

MEMOIRS OF WAUKESHA COUNTY 329
and the fortune of his later years was won by his own hard and un¬ remitting labor.
TOWN OF PEWAUKEE. '
Pewaukee, originally a part of the town of Lisbon, was erected into a separate town with its present boundaries, March 9, 1839 and is described as town 7, north, by range 19, east. It took its name from the lake, the derivation of the name of which is given in another chapter, in connection with other place-names having an original in the Indian languages.
The underlying rock formation and glacial drift surface is the same as that of the adjoining towns, already given. The local slope is diversified, the highest land being somewhat southwest of the center from which it is drained in several directions, toward Pewaukee lake and the Fox river and its small tributaries. The Fox river passes in a southwesterly direction through the town, its principal branch being the outlet of Pewaukee lake, which is fairly entitled to rank as the true source of the Illinois river. Only about half of Pewaukee lake is in the town, the western part being in the town of Delafield. The latest geological examinations of this lake give to it a different origin from most of the lakes in the county. Pewaukee lake is believed to be a part of the bed of an old river, which became obstructed by glacial debris at the southwestern end of the present lake, the glacial action piling the drift at that end of the lake so that the local slope is re¬ versed, the higher banks of the lake being at the southwestern end. The general direction of the lake is in the line of the glacier movement, which is not true of the lakes having the "kettle" formation. The eastern part of the lake is shallower, the action more sluggish and consequently more marshy growths about its shores.
Next to Waukesha, Pewaukee attracted the earHest settlers. This was to be expected for two reasons; it was nearer to the base of sup¬ plies,—Milwaukee,—and at a time when provisions were frequently carried fifteen and twenty miles on the backs of the hardy frontiers¬ men, this was a large consideration; it was also on the line where the heavy forests of the eastern part of the county broke into oak open¬ ings and prairies, and these parts, where the necessary fuel and logs for building were near by and yet the land could more easily be brought under cultivation, were eagerly sought by the first comers. Its later development was augmented by the passing of the first and second railways through its territory, an advantage shared only by the town of Brookfield. The first road was the Milwaukee & Missis¬ sippi, which was completed to Waukesha in 1851, and the second was the Milwaukee & Watertown which reached Watertown in 1856.
The first settlement m.ade in the town was on section 34, adjoining Prairie village, by Isaac B. Judson his family and brother-in-law, Elon Fuller. They came in August, 1835, and lived in a tent until they could build a log house. In 1836, Zebulon Bidwell and his family set¬ tled on the same section. Israel W. Porter came about the same time and built a flour-mHl, and the following year (1837) a saw-miH. These settlers were all in the southeastern part of the town, and several min-^